Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-14
MANCHESTER NEWS.
REGULAR MEETING OF TIE CoUEcIt
HELD LAST HIgHr.
The Street. Railway Petition Granted
Application from Another Rail-
road COmpapy-Eleetric Light
other Items.

after 5 o'clock the following members
an.v vcred to their names: Messrs. }. T.
Purdue (prcsideni. g. a. Jones. A. C.
Jones. John Perry. T.. w. Wci.igcr. and
John U'Brien. John II. H. sSlett (colnrcdl
ncm The Third Ward. came in a few min
n'es laicr. and the body proceeded with ii'
business, his arrival making the numbet r.
qulred to constitute a quorum. Me-,rs
Kidd and Ely came in later.
rOLCk STATISTICS.
The rrport OF Captain james 4. Lips
comb. Chief OF Police, for the month OI
April was read and filed. In hi. report
he Il hitf SIS "T'De conduct and condr
ton Of the force is with strict observance
with tie regulations governing the SINE.
There have been no leaves OF abScnre dn'
ring The month";" There were - arrest
during the months bv the cbiei. IL D,
Tie Gr,t assistant. and by the second A.
sistlni. Oi the cases disposed u w.
felony, Il mi.dcmeanors, and ordnInc
violations.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Tie following communication from tie
MAYOR was rcld:
have up TO This time pcr.istehtly and,
| hope, consistently fOrhoruc mlHing any
recommendation 10 your honorable DOiy
looking to the expenditure Of any con
siderable ,um Of money. waiting AMI
hoping TO see the credit q tlo
city more trmlv re-esthIishcd and
tide Of improvements set in whIcd
could justify you IN making ouillys for
permanent woik, in the place Of pursuing
The temporary eXredicncy policy. lhus
the tine has come for & con.erVatlye
change ia your policy. The charter II the
cts make, it the duty Of the NIyor, with.
out c0u.uting his pleasure. 10 submit fr1 u
tine lo time such suggestions IN mcS,lgr'
which Ec mas occm 10 tue best interest Of
tie place.
~ the earnest solicitation OF many pro.
uelty.holfCr- and Taxpayers I make tie
folloWin ing recommendation: That You ap-
poInt a special committee. and that you O..
ccrtair and mlLr public what would BE- a.
alcircc rNprc.siun Of the costs expended
on the srTcel> in temporary work and r.
pair,-say Tor t'c lasf three years ; That you
then ascertain and report what it would
cost ta put cutters of ,.rauiie blocks al0nS
the belt Including the water-shcd--siy fro %
seventh to twelfth streets and from D.cI.
tor 10 >fmmes streets.
II H. helIctcd That the amount that j. now
being expended with no pertinent results
il gTCmcr than the interest on the nccc>-
saiy fund 10 provide for the work referred
H.. ana o sinking fund created 20 iiIIdlie
thr principal.
.1lefc .ttlus 10 lea division ~ 10 t5r
prac;icahliiy of tie paving ordinance BE-.
in. adopted juSt now, but see no 0pp0'l.
ton 10 nor any lessons 9gIin>' aG0pfIn-
the m'a,urr referred 10. hope tbi, mt'.
ter NV lave your earnest consideration.
JoHN L. TAYLOR, Mayor.
Tie Nsyor SCs present and briefly ca
phnOd hiS message, ana made some miuQr
suggestions. advancing the idea that th
,'rcts in the section Of the city nlma
,lould Re improved in a pormlGent man
nor. end hat the city carts be used fO iii
and repair other streets where the Grade e.,
not 80 heavy and where the washing will
not be 50 great.
The communication was referred 10 iLc
street Committee.
fINANCE.
Mr.. Wci.iccr. the chairman. present d
tbr r(auler monthly report OF toe Fin1uc-
Committee. recommending the payment VI
bulls omouuiIug IN The aggrcg u 10 S.GJlI.
Tie T,rort vas adopted.
Among the items named ger" llgl', nur-
Chased Oi Paillip. y stem, SS3, and rN-
ptnscs incurred IN the Anderson Fucker
case getting a Jury from Ch','crti"ld,.
81. The amount expended on account ul
tie poor during the month "a~ S2JJ.
TIE NEw STREET RAILWAY.
The first matter rc'ched under the head
-. .
the street Committee on the petition
of the Richmond and Manchester
Railway and Improvement CVmpng
asking TO be rcfmittrd 10 hg IT,
hacks and run lin" of Nfreet-clr-
ON ccfta,u streets OF the city. The reader
oi the DiSp1ich have been Kept well po.tci
with regard TO thi, enterprise. rhc c)m
milttc reported in favor OF granting aii Ji
the privileges asked for.
Nr. Purdue ,Nr Ely in the chair pre-
>Cutod substitute for the comm,tt-c e. re-.
port. which be read. The subsitu'.
which was prepared 10y the city Attorney,
gives the company al of The ri-bt..
and ultyilcg,s asked for aud sio..
Cd in the committees report, but
differs in some Suaii matter, oi Cctdti, an ,
Nr. Peruue think, better protect, The iu.
thouzed urdcr the substitute 10 rim ~
tracks on tie same street, -s single ana dJu-
blc tIacbS o. the same places, unleT 90"
original grpoit.
Mr.. Purdue called the attention Of the
Council To- thc iact that there l. nothing in
either tlc Teuori or substitute 10 limit the
time in hlch the roId shall he completed.
II MAY bud H. track up Hull street 10
e. Ia. g. 4 a.. D..
and there stop WId rot lay Il.
olber f"ot OF tracN for twenty Yeas.
and It'll hold "a perpetual r-ht
of wy over F"eltth and McDonohsh
s'rccts. uc,cuiiug other lines from occu.
p,ire ter. He merely cllled attention 40
tii, and other IKE things that the members
Of the Counril nr2ht act adyisediy, bus
would nol insist on The objection.
rHgY PROPOSE To DulLD.
M.jor benjamin H.. NASH. representing
tie company, was accorded the priNii'tr
OF the noor, and opposed the SUBSTITUTE.
Tie original report had been ctrciull'
considered by the Street Committee. wul
Judge tloptor. the Ci'y Attorney. an
Mr. Puduc both present, ana he tbou :h.
il due me committee thlt their report
should be adopted. Besides the substitute
bad lcen suddenly AMI uncXpecicd!'
sprUig on them. and they had not been
ghic 10 examine II. lie said he and hi, a>-
soc;at,s mean business. They inteGd TO
hnild lud thoroughly equip I nrst-clI,s ~ 40
that 81 III eryc the pubic convenience. and.
tbev hope, make money for those interested.
He predicted Iht the day the first rail- l.
laid on IIuli street all property below
SeveGIb street wilt jump up 100 per MT,
and tie road will reach other sections OF
the city which sadly need 4 street railway
which VIII blossom like a rose, and NJ IN
chester will rapidly grow TO be much
more beautiful and more prosperOu, and
wealthy city.
MIR. Perdue again adyoclied the ,ubsJi-
tute. Tie wa, IN no way connected win or
interested IN any enterprise, hut Wi-1cd
merely 10 protect aud guard the intere,t 0j
both the city aud The company. He ethough,
there were objectionable provisions in The
Original report which wonld possibly throw
the city upon the mercy Of corporation
that. under lis charter, might become on
OF extensive mowers.
Mr.. BeDiamin B. WeiIccr one OF the
corporators, added to what Major Nash had
said. He thought there was but little dIf-
ference I'm iba report and substitute. Mr..
PEI due had raised objection to the use OF
the words "ie>sees and assigns" He was
perfectly willing that the word "succe3.
sors " should be substituted.
Judge CloplOn, the City Attorney, eX-
plained the substitute very explicitly. lie
had been approached by Mr.. Perduc and
other members OF the Council aud request
ed to make an oxlmination OF the report
and resolutions. lle did this carefully, aud
had prenyrpd the substitute offered by